Essay/Commentary: "THe Worst of the Worst"

Essay/Commentary:  "The Worst of the Worst"

           Once upon a time our Founding Fathers, such as Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, Ben Franklin, etc. were considered to be or actually were great men. Two hundred some-odd years later the majority of our political leaders or alleged leaders are anything but great men. Instead, too many of them are Machiavellian manipulators of the truth to deceive their constituents into supporting them in the voting booth or by way of political monetary or similar contributions. In my view, instead of the best and the brightest sacrificing a career for the greater good of service we get the worst of the worst who are primarily focused on enriching themselves or doing whatever is necessary to ruthlessly impose their own agenda. In many cases this agenda hurts rather than helps the many while enriching the privileged few (usually those at or near the top of the economic ladder). THese days, such ruthless politicians care little or nothing about the poor, the less fortunate and the Common Man, while going out of their way to appease the whims of the powerful. Too many politicians these days have little or no sense of Social Justice, for instance when billions are cut from Food Stamps to preserve tax cuts for the well-to-do. THe only solution is either to vote these bums out of office or to impose term limits.

Essay/Commentary: "The Real Problems of American Health Care"

Essay/Commentary:  "THe Real Problems of American Health Care"

         THere is no doubt that the American Health Care system is broken, as evidenced by health-related bankruptcies and exorbitant insurance premiums for too many of us. One major problem is executive pay and perks. THe astronomical cost of insurance and health care will never be controllable as long as executives (even at so-called non-profit corporations) pull in six or seven figure salaries, perks, stock options, and obscene pensions as well. Another way to control the cost of health care and insurance is to limit paper work. Make things as simple as possible and save it digitally or electronically.
In addition, all health care in this country should be non-profit. Without the incentive of profit, more money can go toward actual health care. Lastly, the only real way to control skyrocketing health care and insurance costs it to change to a single-payer system like most developed countries have. Obamacare isn't quite there, but at least it's a start.